Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ also known as Mahatma‚ “The great-souled one”‚ was an Indian nationalist leader and architect of one of the most famous forms of civil disobedience‚ Satyagraha or more commonly known as non-violent passive resistance. Satyagraha had a large impact on the world and still remains as one of the most potent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today. Gandhi spent some time as an Indian immigrant in South Africa and eventually moved back to India in the early 1900’s
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to various parts of the sub-continent. The Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century‚ India suffered a lot. The British ill-treated the Indians and exploited India’s economy. The majority of the Indian subcontinent was under the British colonial
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found its way to control India by means of indirect rule. The revolt led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857. During the expansion of the company‚ more and more British army’s were added to different states that the British controlled. Both included British populace as well as a recruitment in Indian civilians that were selected from the higher caste. Because of the increase in western influence in the society‚ many Indians were concerned and upset with the changes that British inflict on India’s original
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Ancient Rome to the Indian Independence Movement‚ civil disobedience has been among us for so long‚ and each society is able to build off its predecessors’ mistakes.Henry Thoreau inspired generations to come in his essay‚ “Civil Disobedience”‚ and the effect of it was widespread.In fact‚ while in jail‚ Mahatma Gandhi picked up a copy of Thoreau’s essay and was able to utilize the tactics discussed by Thoreau to successfully challenge Britain’s control over India.That movement created a template itself
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played a major role in the Pakistan Movement. This was of great historical significance‚ for the Muslim women of the subcontinent had never participated in such great numbers in a political movement. It was a befitting culmination of the reformist movements of the late nineteenth century for the emancipation and education of Muslim women. The Quaid can be seen as source of inspiration for their emergence as players on the political scene. The Khilafat Movement of the 1920s had been the first instance
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The Home and the world is a book that discusses issues such as the Bengal partition movement‚ the issue of nationalism and ideas about what a country is etc. A major theme is this book is the relationship of the home and the world which is outside. All three characters play a major role in influencing this theme in different ways. Nikhil enjoys the modern way of living while Bimala is quite the opposite‚ following the true Hindu tradition‚ never goes out of the house. “Once I had asked Bimala
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"At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new…India discovers herself again." We are proud of our democracy. We are proud of our values and ideals Today‚ we remember all those martyrs who laid down their lives for the freedom and security of our country. The best way of paying homage to those brave sons of our country will be to resolve today that we
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the Swadeshi triumvirate who advocated the Swadeshi movement involving the boycott of all imported items and the use of Indian-made goods in 1907. The last years of the nineteenth century‚ saw a radical sensibility emerge among some Indian Intellectuals. This position burst onto the national all-India scene in 1905 with the Swadeshi movement - the term is usually rendered as "self reliance" or "self sufficiency".[1] Lal-Bal-Pal‚ mobilized Indians across the country against the Bengal partition‚ and
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“Breaking News! Indian citizen Mohandas Gandhi is organizing a protest to reduce British taxes on salt‚ 36 years after he made a compromise with the South African government about Indian suffrage. This was accomplished by what Gandhi and what other Hinduist followers consider satyagraha; or civil disobedience.” I switched the small‚ tattered‚ black and white TV off. I was amazed how one leader could bring down a strong government with a big military force‚ just with civil disobedience. Ever since
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